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Cardinals icon Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run at Dodger Stadium.Dan Schlossberg, IBWAA. On a Saturday afternoon in 2002, I walked into Pacific Bell Park to watch a pre-game montage of Barry Bonds’ milestone home runs, culminating with #600, which Bonds had reached the night before. I was 18 hours too late to witness history. And when Bonds proceeded to go 0-1 with three walks, I didn’t even get a chance to see #601.

Albert Pujols is close to joining Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth as the only players in Major League Baseball history to hit 700 or more homeruns. I compared Pujols to the great Hank Aaron and concluded that a few breaks in his career could have enabled him to match Aaron's batting average and pass him in both homeruns and RBI.

Albert Pujols is closing in on 700 homeruns for his Major League Baseball career, a milestone that would elevate him to the upper echelon of the MLB Hall of Fame. The St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter currently has 698 homeruns with about two weeks of his final season before his retirement left to go.

Albert Pujols could soon become the fourth MLB player in history with 700 career home runsSt. Louis Cardinals Instagram. Cardinals legend Albert Pujols may soon add another milestone to his impressive MLB resume. The former MVP has hit 695 home runs in his storied career and is now five home runs shy of becoming the fourth player in MLB history with 700 or more career home runs.